The MGC is meeting Thursday and will discuss the possible breach of catalog offerings. It is also expecting an executive meeting as a follow-up to the Thursday gathering.
The catalog is the events and types of betting markets that are available for bettors to wager on. State regulators approved the planned catalog last month in the final moments before the market went live and excluded several markets, such as esports, Olympic events, chess, and much more.
Gamblers also cannot bet on individual game results involving in-state college teams. However, futures bets are acceptable, meaning that a user could pick Boston College to win the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament but could not pick them to win their first-round matchup, or a matchup in any round for that matter.
The catalog was created with insight from executives of each of the three casinos. During initial debates, members of each casino had different ideas on what bets should and should not be accepted, such as MVP futures and non-sports events like the Academy Awards.
In 2021, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Boards fined Mountainview Thoroughbred Racing Association and BetMGM $7,500 for accepting wagers on a September boxing bout between Victor Belfort and Evander Holyfield despite stating the event was off-limits for sportsbooks. That was nothing more than a slap on the wrist for BetMGM, which made roughly $37 million in revenue in Pennsylvania alone that year.
More will be revealed after the Thursday meeting, according to the MGC's agenda.
“A Gaming Commission spokesman said Tuesday afternoon that the Investigations and Enforcement Bureau will provide a status update on ‘catalog compliance’ during the first week of sports wagering at Thursday’s meeting,” said the agenda.
